Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: pro-test-ost-err-own

Sentence: Rastus launched into his protestosterone when he first heard the charges against him. Unfortunately he had not rehearsed adequately.

Etymology: protest (one's innocence) + testosterone (abnormally high levels being banned in elite sports)

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Thus the subsequent testostermoan. - purpleartichokes, 2007-07-27: 09:15:00

and then the testostergroan - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 10:46:00

And the resulting testostergnome. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:04:00

too true - Dopey is one of the seven dwarfs, so what does the snow in Snow White really refer to - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:20:00

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Created by: lidia

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Created by: ziggy41

Pronunciation: Rep-few-tay-shun

Sentence: His general repfutation persisted of "What... uh... steroids? ... LOOK! A BASEBALL PLAYER!!"

Etymology: Reputation (a "good name", of, say, an athlete) + refutation (denial)

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Created by: dancerxoxox

Pronunciation: liar/een/ass

Sentence: I tested him. He was in total liareenass. He wouldn't admit it

Etymology: Liar and ass LOl

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Created by: kabloozie

Pronunciation: Bare-e-joos

Sentence: After he failed the drug test, Doug launched into a barryjuice, and claimed his detractors spiked his Gatorade.

Etymology: Barry Bonds + juice (slang for 'roids)

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Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: jok/la/may/shun

Sentence: Who me? Never! is the universal jocklamation of the professional athlete.

Etymology: jock + proclamation + declaration

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I don't know why this makes me think of Saran Wrap and Valetine's day. ;)) - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:07:00

Darned silent "n". - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 11:07:00

saran wrap? Valentine's Day? perhaps you're confusing this with premature ejockulation - I think there's an injockulation for that - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:28:00

Nope, my mistake... I was thinking of jocklamination. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:35:00

And not my long-suffering bane, jocklamentation. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:36:00

Or the halloween ornamental jock-O-lantern. - Kyoti, 2007-07-27: 16:37:00

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Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: ill-ih-shit

Sentence: Seeing the blood tests come back with the testosterone levels of a 16-year old, he plunged into a state of illishit.

Etymology: illicit (drugs), and likely the first word that comes out of an athlete's mouth once they're found out.

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Good one! - remistram, 2007-07-27: 10:15:00

but everyone knew he was fullishit - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 12:35:00

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Created by: riomarde

Pronunciation: Ban-shock

Sentence: After the Olympian cyclist was caught using illegal performance enhancers he released a statement expressing his banshock and denial.

Etymology: Banned substances... ban + shock... feigned or genuine response to allegations of the athlete’s use of banned substances.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: dope+ eth +IK + cal

Sentence: His dopethical drivel fooled no-one this time. On too many occasions in the past his doperfidy had tarnished the reputation of the sport and all who participated in it. However, this time all could see clearly that he was nothing more than a dopelethic doperat, a pathetic liar and cheat, now banned from the sport for life.

Etymology: Dope + ethical: Moral principles(feigned)-regarding the use of dope/ drugs).

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that could be construed as a hypodopethical statement - Jabberwocky, 2007-07-27: 11:35:00

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Created by: mdmquincy

Pronunciation: re-fyoo-ta-leet

Sentence: Although the tests affirmed the world's suspicions, the refutalete held fast to his disavowal of wrongdoing.

Etymology: refute + athlete with a nice sound connection to the word elite.

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